Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Books